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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/super.c | 43 |
2 files changed, 47 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt index 293855e95000..7ed0d17d6721 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt @@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ journal=inum When a journal already exists, this option is ignored. Otherwise, it specifies the number of the inode which will represent the ext3 file system's journal file. +journal_path=path journal_dev=devnum When the external journal device's major/minor numbers - have changed, this option allows the user to specify + have changed, these options allow the user to specify the new journal location. The journal device is - identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded - in devnum. + identified through either its new major/minor numbers + encoded in devnum, or via a path to the device. norecovery Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces noload mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index c47f14750722..c50c76190373 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/seq_file.h> #include <linux/log2.h> #include <linux/cleancache.h> +#include <linux/namei.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -819,6 +820,7 @@ enum { Opt_user_xattr, Opt_nouser_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_noacl, Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh, Opt_bh, Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev, + Opt_journal_path, Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback, Opt_data_err_abort, Opt_data_err_ignore, Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota, @@ -860,6 +862,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = { {Opt_journal_update, "journal=update"}, {Opt_journal_inum, "journal=%u"}, {Opt_journal_dev, "journal_dev=%u"}, + {Opt_journal_path, "journal_path=%s"}, {Opt_abort, "abort"}, {Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"}, {Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"}, @@ -975,6 +978,11 @@ static int parse_options (char *options, struct super_block *sb, int option; kuid_t uid; kgid_t gid; + char *journal_path; + struct inode *journal_inode; + struct path path; + int error; + #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA int qfmt; #endif @@ -1129,6 +1137,41 @@ static int parse_options (char *options, struct super_block *sb, return 0; *journal_devnum = option; break; + case Opt_journal_path: + if (is_remount) { + ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: cannot specify " + "journal on remount"); + return 0; + } + + journal_path = match_strdup(&args[0]); + if (!journal_path) { + ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: could not dup " + "journal device string"); + return 0; + } + + error = kern_path(journal_path, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path); + if (error) { + ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: could not find " + "journal device path: error %d", error); + kfree(journal_path); + return 0; + } + + journal_inode = path.dentry->d_inode; + if (!S_ISBLK(journal_inode->i_mode)) { + ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: journal path %s " + "is not a block device", journal_path); + path_put(&path); + kfree(journal_path); + return 0; + } + + *journal_devnum = new_encode_dev(journal_inode->i_rdev); + path_put(&path); + kfree(journal_path); + break; case Opt_noload: set_opt (sbi->s_mount_opt, NOLOAD); break; |